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JonStriker126's avatar
4 years ago

Old Ways, New Dawn, Bad Idea

Seriously, who okay'd this? On the surface, it sounds fun and harmless, but when you dig a little deeper, this mini Event/Story Mode thing is a bad idea. Or, rather, an idea that's executed poorly.

In Order To Do This:

1. You need to play a specific legend. Great, let's hope my random teammates don't just snag BH out from under me.

2. Be on a specific map. Hey, missed your chance to play on WE? No problem, just wait multiple hours to try again.

3. Be in specific locations. This has two problems. One, enemy teams who know where the story locations are, will camp them and kill you, just to be jerks. Two, your BH teammate might go way off on their own just to complete the Story thing.

These "find lore during a match" things have always been a terrible idea. But this one is even worse, because it requires a specific legend, and with 3 maps in rotation, you can spend literal hours just waiting to try and do it. Then, of course, there is the issues that have always been there with all of these. People in this game can be huge jerks, and they will camp these areas just to get free kills. Not to mention who wants their teammate(s) flying or running off (leaving you 1v2, 2v3, etc).

The devs want to do this stuff, it should be done in the firing range or on a PVE map (like the quests in season 5). Away from people trying to grief you, away from people who can take your legend or leave you high and dry while they go find Arena Holo Sprays or gravity lifts, or chase a freaking bird. Putting this stuff in the middle of a PVP match is ridiculous and they shouldn't do it. 

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  • @JonStriker126I got somewhat lucky, and was able to complete this within a couple matches. First match, my TM picked BH ahead of me in duos, but I was able to use BH in the 2nd match. Got lucky and landed Lava Siphon with an enemy BH that was cool about it. I found weapons but left them alone, and we tracked the Prowler together. It was a jolly good time, and then we went our separate ways and went about our business. Even my random Pathy TM went along with it, and was a good sport.

    Edit: Just read through the thread, and while I was lucky and completed this step fairly easily, people DEFINITELY have a point about the cluster that it has caused! There were a lot of solo droppers yesterday when I was on. More than normal, and they were mostly BH heading to the quest location. They could definitely improve on this in the future, to reduce the unorganized chaos that ensues in-game

  • Sharmoic's avatar
    Sharmoic
    Rising Novice
    4 years ago

    I concur with the original post and lending my support to have this removed.

    This quest line has just ruined a number of games for me. Solo bloodhounds dropping on their own without co-ordinating with the jump master.

    Apex is not ready for the mutual support and coordination required for this type of quest in the middle battle royale game. It didn't work well as side quest lines in Alterac Valley in World of Warcraft and that's a game built around collaboration. 

    At least writing this post has wasted some time before World's Edge rotates.


  • @hayhor wrote:
    @Lord_Scorpion34No this just lacks common sense. It was for all of the reasons above I knew this would be a failure before it even started.

    I think we all know by now that common sense isn't exactly that lol. Which is why focus groups or betas kinda save you from dumb things like this. If it they're being honest.

  • Koochi-Q's avatar
    Koochi-Q
    4 years ago
    @JonStriker126 XD You know I know that you know I just do this for discussion’s sake xD. FRAG DOES DISRUPT IT JUST BY EXISTING XD

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